Diocese of Jixian
Ueihoeiven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jixian, China
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jixian (Weihui/Weihwei) is a Latin diocese centered on Weihui in Henan, China, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kaifeng. Its lineage goes back to the Vicariate Apostolic of Honan erected in 1844, renamed Weihweifu in 1924 and elevated to a diocese on 11 April 1946. Bishop Joseph Zhang Yinlin succeeded to the see in 2016; in 1950 it counted about 46,000 Catholics.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 1946
- Latin
- Ueihoeiven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001748
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 46,000
- Population
- 2,500,000
- Catholic share
- 1.8%
- Extent
- 2,500,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Joseph Zhang Yinlin
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral in Anyang stands in Jixian, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Kaifeng
A suffragan of Kaifeng.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KaifengKaifeng
- Diocese of LuoyangLuoyang
- Diocese of NanyangNanyang
- Diocese of ShangqiuShangqiu
- Diocese of XinyangXinyang
- Diocese of ZhengzhouZhengzhou
- Diocese of ZhumadianZhumadian
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Weihui, within the ecclesiastical province of Kaifeng in China, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Weihui/Weíhwei/Jixian, whose Latin name is Ueihoeiven(sis) and whose Chinese forms are 衛輝 and 級縣.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].